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California Department of Health Services spokesperson talks about the decision to suspend California's state medical marijuana ID pilot program
California Politics Today #381
Sacramento, California
July 11, 2005
By Marc Strassman
Reporter
California Politics Today
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On June 6, 2005, in Gonzales v. Raich, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that "Congress' Commerce Clause authority includes the power to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana in compliance with California law."
On July 8, 2005, the California Department of Health Services suspended its medical marijuana identification card program and asked Bill Lockyer, California's Attorney General, "to review whether continued operation of the program would, under federal law, aid and abet individuals in committing a federal crime."
On July 12, 2005, California Politics Today and Podmedia Reports spoke with Ken August, California Department of Health Services spokesperson, about that decision.
You can listen to that conversation, in its entirety, by clicking here.